Here’s one neat revelation: the winner of the Mullen-Columbine game on Friday will, in nearly every scenario, jump to the No. 1 spot in the Class 5A standings, ahead of Columbine and, in Mullen’s case, ahead of Grandview — the team that ended its 34-game winning streak earlier this season.

What’s more, in either case, the winning team is the No. 1 seed by a wide margin. Also in either case, the losing team will likely end up as the No. 6 seed.

It’s beyond evident that there’s a problem with the current classification system. This most recent proposal is nothing more than tinkering, when what Colorado really needs is dynamite.

This state needs to stray from the antiquated and arbitrary alignment cutoffs, and move toward counting numbers in athletic departments, or taking into account on-field success.

When the proposal was leaked, I’ll admit my eyeballs scrambled to see where Valor Christian, the state’s newest football power, would end up. The Eagles, per the proposed first draft, are in 5A’s South league — with Castle View (Castle Rock), Heritage (Littleton), Legend (Parker) and Rock Canyon (Highlands Ranch).

Oh, and there’s also the Colorado Springs contingent of Doherty, Fountain-Fort Carson and Palmer, making for an eight-team league.

Um, what? Under the guise of wanting to keep the Continental league together, schools like Chaparral, Douglas County, Highlands Ranch and ThunderRidge won’t be in a conference with their neighborhood private school.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.